Saturday, October 29 at 7:30 pmRated one of the Top 10 Breweries In The World by the Beverage Testing Institute, North Coast Brewing Company Taproom and Jazz at the Sequoia Room features a menu from pub fare to fine dining to match their world-class craft beer. Charles McNeal saxophones, Matt Clark piano, John Wiitala (photo) bass, Leon Joyce Jr. drums, Dmitri Matheny flugelhorn. “This is night music — moody, bluesy, simmering.”—Detroit Free PressMore Info

New on the Papillon/BluePort Jazz label: Dmitri Matheny's JAZZ NOIR, now available from CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and Carpe DM. Mysterious, melancholy and menacing, Matheny's eleventh album as a leader offers a fresh spin on crime jazz, film noir and timeless classics. “In these grooves,” writes annotator Eddie Muller, “Matheny leads his crack crew through a sonic history of noir. Dmitri Matheny is an artist who manages to find beauty blooming in the darkest corners.” Order Now

JAZZ & MUSIC BUSINESS WORKSHOPS

While on tour, Dmitri Matheny visits colleges, high schools and community centers to present jazz improvisation and music business workshops for aspiring artists of all ages. Just ahead: 10/26 Albany High School (Albany CA), 11/3 Central Washington University (Ellensburg WA), 11/7 Half Moon Bay High School (Half Moon Bay CA), 11/8 Hillsdale High School and San Mateo High School (San Mateo CA), 11/9 Woodside High School (Woodside CA), 11/10 Acalanes High School (Lafayette CA), 11/20 Jazz Night School (Seattle WA), 11/28 and 11/30 Mount Hood Community College (Gresham OR).More Info